Photo credit: Ted Lindén
Sweden’s unstoppable rock’n’roll machine, Royal Republic, return with the third explosive installment in The Blastbeaters saga: a no-holds-barred cover of the Bee Gees’ timeless disco anthem ‘Stayin’ Alive’.
After kickstarting the saga with a thunderous cover of Shocking Blue’s ‘Venus‘ and following it up with a glitter-soaked, saxophone-charged rendition of The Pointer Sisters’ ‘I’m So Excited‘, the band now throws disco’s ultimate survival anthem into their rock’n’roll blender.
Royal Republic’s version of Stayin’ Alive proves you can love the Bee Gees, adore falsetto — and still create something completely different. This take is entirely falsetto-free, sounding very little like the original and a whole lot like Royal Republic: sharp, loud, and unapologetically alive. The band invites listeners to turn the lights down, crank the stereo up, come alive — and stay there.
As with the previous singles, Stayin’ Alive arrives with a brand-new music video that continues the bizarre and brilliant story of The Blastbeaters — Royal Republic’s corpse-painted, Volvo-driving, bad-decision-making Black Metal alter-egos on a mission for world domination.
Expect riffs. Expect swagger. Expect a Stayin’ Alive that’s less disco-ball twirl and more gasoline-soaked inferno.
Turn it up. Come alive. Stay there. Royal Republic style.
